Today They Came For the Smokers, Tomorrow it Will be the Coffee Drinkers
October 8, 2023 11:00 am 61 CommentsProfessor James Alexander is unimpressed by Rishi’s attack on tobacco and fears coffee may be n next.
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The Post-Truth Anti-Bullshitters are Just Producing a More Sophisticated Type of Bullshit
September 20, 2023 11:00 am 24 CommentsAccording to politics professor Dr James Alexander, the pundits who profess to hate ‘misinformation’ and bang on about ‘post-truth politics’ haven't grasped Hannah Arendt's point that politics is never about truth.
Losing Our Marbles
September 4, 2023 5:00 pm 5 CommentsWe should not return the Elgin Marbles to Greece unless Greece can demonstrate it's 10 times more committed to the defence of Western civilisation than we are, argues Professor James Alexander in the Daily Sceptic.
The Sexual Feedback Loop
August 18, 2023 9:00 am 54 CommentsLiberal critics of gender identity ideology like Douglas Murray believe we can have the LGB without the T. But, argues politics professor James Alexander, it may not be possible to have the former without the latter.
What is Wrong with the University?
August 2, 2023 1:00 pm 4 CommentsWhy have universities departed so much from Cardinal Newman's guiding idea? Professor James Alexander says it's because they have become secularised, instrumentalised, centralised and infected by ideology.
How Did ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ Become the Mantra of Those Who Want to Exclude Dissenters Without Due Process?
July 20, 2023 3:00 pm 20 CommentsJames Alexander explains why 'Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ - the mantra of Britain's new elite - actually means the opposite of what it says: neglect of due process, uniformity of opinion and exclusion of dissenters.
The Hidden Messages of the World Leaders’ Open Letter on the “Green Transition”
June 21, 2023 1:22 pm 33 CommentsWorld leaders have released an open letter on a "green transition that leaves no one behind". Dr. James Alexander takes a close look to see what hidden messages might be in there from our eco-fanatical leaders.
Pablo Picasso, Hannah Gadsby and the Science of Names
June 8, 2023 9:00 am 20 CommentsHannah Gadsby's ludicrous self-satirising exhibition 'It's Pablomatic' inspires Dr James Alexander to turn his hand to the whimsical science of names.
Martin Amis: Brilliant Stylist, Dull Moralist
May 24, 2023 11:00 am 7 CommentsMartin Amis was a brilliant stylist with a scabrous wit. But, ye gods, save us from the bien-pensant moralising about the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, the environment, Brexit and Trump, says Dr James Alexander.
How the West Was Lost
May 4, 2023 1:00 pm 13 CommentsWhy is Western civilisation suddenly in crisis? Politics professor Dr James Alexander sets out the reasons, from the decline of Christianity to the rise of identity politics.